I have been given some details he got about the mysterious "Free Ride" LP by Booker T. & The MG's, listed without details by Fantasy but probaly never saw the...
Larry Nix cut lacquers for the Union Extended album. On August 25, 1975 these lacquers were sent to Bestway and to Rimrock. The catalog # was STS5526 but never...
"As most of you certainly know, the Union Extended LP had been issued in UK only in 1976" So.................this WAS released on LP in the U.K.? Am I...
Folks, I bought the original album on vinyl around 1976 in England and was, many years later, kindly given a copy on CD by Patrick. The actual tracks are...
There are two of the tracks without post production by Terry Manning on the Stax Instrumentals CD: under the titls of Funky Folks Cha Cha and Consumption....
And "Midnight on McLemore" as "Taboo" on the And Now... album. - Tim ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
Hi. I got it but it is not actually a backing tape to my ears. In fact, it is the stereo recording which had the vocals erased electronically from the central...
Here is the Free Ride LP, at last. You can download the tracks. The tracks 1, 3 and 10 are completely unissued and the ones found on the Union Extended LP do...
And you will notice that the ex Union Extended tracks have lost their Terry Manning "embellishments"! ... And you will notice that the ex Union Extended tracks...
Hi. I am sorry but I put the link to a page which should not have been seen by everybody because I do not want to spread it too much or my internet provider...
I for one just wanted to say thank you to Patrick for serving us up some wonderful rarities with regards to the Union Extended / Free Ride albums. Hats off to...
That is the "Whiskey A Go Go Band". The drummer and guitar player do their best to replicate Jackson and Cropper, but the horns (I think the trumpet was off ...
Hi Patrick, Please let me know what this new link is. I'm curious to hear this album without the Terry Manning post-production after 32 years! Greetings Gerard...
Patrick, Thanks for the treat. Just listened to the tracks. Three unissued tracks - great stuff. I wonder why 'Blue on Green' got in there? Jackson's drumming...
The Blue On Green 'Free Ride'take sounds like an early one, listen to the intro: no right-hand organ part, duration 6 bars instead of 10... most important, the...
Interesting and let's admit that it is a different take but the differences seem unnoticable for a non musician. I will try to load the two versions side to...
It's the original house band: Booker T. and the MGs By Gerald M. Gay Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.11.2008 When Stax Records, the famed...
Release date is May 5. Live CD and DVD of The Memphis Tour featuring Guy Sebastian with a backing band that includes Steve Cropper, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Lester...
Have just started listening to and enjoying the tracks. I find it strange though, that cut 4 is called "Club Handy" and is attributed to the group when it is...
